This is a list of weapons served individually by the United States armed forces, sorted by type and current level of use. This list does not include a number of weapons used by Special Operations Forces, as their specific equipment is mostly unknown and some Special Operations Forces weapons are only used by a few operators.
While the general understanding is that crew-served weapons require more than one person to operate them, there are important exceptions in the case of both squad automatic weapons (SAW) and sniper rifles. Within the Table of Organization and Equipment for both the United States Army and the U.S. Marine Corps, these two classes of weapons are understood to be crew-served, as the operator of the weapon (identified as a sniper or as a SAW gunner) has an assistant, who carries additional ammunition and associated equipment, acts as a spotter, and is also fully qualified in the operation of the weapon. Hence, the above weapons are listed under List of crew-served weapons of the U.S. armed forces. See also Equipment of the United States Coast Guard for a more detailed list of their small arms.
[edit] Anti-tank/assault
[edit] In active service
[edit] In active service (some branches or limited roles)
[edit] Out of service (obsolete)
[edit] Experimental
[edit] Bayonets, knives, bayonet-knife models
[edit] In active service (some branches or limited roles)
[edit] Out of service (obsolete)
[edit] Grenades
[edit] In active service
[edit] In active service (some branches or limited roles)
[edit] Out of service (obsolete)
- M25/A1
- M7/A1/A2
- M6/A1
- Mk 1 Mod 0/1/2/3
- M34
- M16
- M15
- M8
- M33
- M61
- M26/A1
- Mk III/IIIA1/IIIA2 (aka Mk 3/A1/A2)
- Mk II/IIA1 (aka Mk 2/2A1) (Frag)
- M1 Frangible
- Ketchum Grenade (Civil War era)
- V40 Mini-Grenade
- XM48/E1/E2/E3
- XM58
- EX 1 Mod 0
- EX 2 Mod 0
- Model 308-1 (Never standardized)
- Kilgore/Schermuly Stun
- T13 Beano Grenade
[edit] Handguns
The M1911A1 and M9 pistol.
[edit] In active service
[edit] In active service (some branches or limited roles)
[edit] Out of service (obsolete)/Canceled experiments)
[edit] Experimental
[edit] Less-lethal
[edit] In active service (some branches or limited roles)
[edit] Out of service (obsolete)
[edit] Rifles
Includes muskets, musketoons, etc., as well as rifles
[edit] In active service
[edit] In active service (some branches or limited roles)
[edit] Out of service (obsolete)/Canceled experiments
- XM8 (Lightweight Assault Rifle system, 5.56x45mm NATO) (never issued)
- XM29 (Kinetic Energy and Airburst Launcher System; 5.56x45mm NATO and 20 mm airburst munition (XM1018)(early)/25 mm airburst munition) (experiment canceled)
- Misc. Advanced Combat Rifle entries (concluded 1991)
- Misc. Future Rifle Program entries (canceled)
- Misc. Special Purpose Individual Weapon (SPIW) entries (concluded/canceled)
- FN FAL (battle rifle, trialled as T48 against the T44 and T47 to replace the M1: lost to the former)
- Olin/Winchester Salvo Rifle (battle rifle, 5.56mm duplex)
- M14E1 (Selective Fire Rifle, 7.62x51mm NATO) (never standardized)
- M16A1 (5.56x45mm NATO)
- AR-15/Colt Model 601/602 (5.56x45mm NATO rifle) (USAF and SOF use only)
- XM22/E1 Rifle (Selective Fire Rifle, 5.56x45mm NATO)
- Mk 4 Mod 0 (Suppressed Rifle, 5.56x45mm NATO)
- Misc. M1 Garand Variants (E1-E6 and E9-E14) (Semi-Automatic Rifle, .30-'06)
- Mk 2 Mod 0/1/2 (Semi-Automatic Rifle, 7.62x51mm NATO)
- M1 Garand (Semi-automatic rifle, .30-06)
- M1941 Johnson rifle (Semi-Automatic Rifle, .30-'06)
- Model 45A
- M1946 rifle (never used in active duty)
- M1947 Johnson auto carbine (Semi-Automatic Rifle, .30-'06)
- Gyrojet rifle (13 mm) (never issued)
- Pedersen Rifle (.276) (competed unsuccessfully with M1 Garand to become primary service rifle)
- Pedersen Device (attachment for Springfield M1903, .30 conversion)
- M1918 BAR (.30-06)
- M1903/A1/A3 (Bolt-action rifle; .30-03, .30-06)
- M1917 Enfield (Bolt-action rifle)
- Model 1907/15 Berthier rifle (Bolt action rifle)[13]
- M1916 Mosin Nagant (Bolt-action rifle)[14]
- M1895 Navy (Navy Lee, 6 mm Navy)
- M1892/M1896/M1898 Rifle (a/k/a Krag Bolt Action Rifle; .30-40 Krag)
- M1885 Remington-Lee (Bolt-action rifle; .45-70 Gov)
- M1882 Short Rifle (.45-70 Gov.)
- M1882 Remington-Lee (Bolt-action rifle; .45-70 Gov.)
- M1879 Remington-Lee (Bolt-action rifle; .45-70 Gov.)
- Remington-Keene rifle (Bolt-action rifle; .45-70 Gov.)[15]
- M1875 Officers' Rifle (.45-70 Gov.)
- M1873/M1879/M1880/M1884/M1888/M1889 Springfield (a/k/a Trapdoor Springfield;.45-70 Gov..: .45-55-405 & .45-70-500)
- M1872 Springfield (a/k/a Rolling Block Springfield; .50-70 Gov.)
- M1865/M1866/M1868/M1869/M1870 Springfield (a/k/a Trapdoor Springfield; .50-70 Government)
- Sharps carbine/rifle (Breech-loader; .42-60-410) (.52 caliber issued to Berdan's 1st and 2nd US Sharpshooters in the US Civil War)
- Henry rifle (Lever-action; .44-26-200)
- Spencer rifle (Lever-action; 56-56 (.52-45-350))
- M1863 Springfield
- M1861 Springfield (.58)
- Colt revolving rifle (Colt Model 1855; 6/5-shot revolver rifle;.44/.56)
- Greene rifle (Bolt-action breech-loader)
- P53 Enfield (.577 (.58))
- P51 Enfield Musketoon ("Artillery Carbine"; 24" barrel, .69)
- Model 1854 Lorenz rifle (Rifle-musket, .54, .58)
- M1859 Sharps ('New model 1859', breech loader; .52, .56)
- M1855 Rifle-Musket
- M1855 Rifle (Percussion muzzle-loader; 58-60-500)
- M1847 Musketoon (Springfield, .69)
- M1842 Musket (Percussion musket, .69)
- M1841 Rifle "Mississippi Rifle" (percussion muzzle-loader;.54, .58)
- M1840 Musket (flintlock musket;.69)(later percussion)
- M1835 Springfield (flintlock musket; .67 cal)
- M1819 Hall rifle (Harper's Ferry;Breech-loader)
- Model 1822 Musket (Flintlock Musket) .69 (later percussion)
- Model 1816 Musket (Flintlock musket; .69) (Later Percussion)
- Model 1817 Rifle ('Common rifle';Derringer, Johnson, North and Starr; Flintlock rifle, .54) (later percussion)
- Model 1814 Common Rifle (Deringer, Johnson; Flintlock rifle; later percussion; .54)
- Springfield Model 1812 Musket (Flintlock musket; .69)
- Model 1808 Contract Musket (Flintlock musket; .69)
- Harper's Ferry Model 1803 Rifle (Flintlock rifle; .54)
- Model 1795 Musket (Flintlock musket; .69)
- 1792 contract rifle (Flintlock rifle; .49)
- Charleville musket (Flintlock musket; .69)
- Brown Bess (Musket; .75)
- Kentucky Rifle (Flintlock rifle)
- Ferguson rifle (Flintlock breech-loader; .69)
[edit] Experimental
[edit] Carbines
[edit] In active service
[edit] In active service (some branches or limited roles)
[edit] Out of service (obsolete) including canceled experiments
- XM8 Compact Carbine (5.56x45mm) (never issued)
- M4E2 Carbine (Automatic Carbine, 5.56x45mm NATO) (never standardized)
- CAR-15 Survival Rifle (5.56x45mm)
- Colt Model 653 (M16A1 Carbine, 5.56x45mm NATO)
- GAU-5/A and A/A ("SMG," 5.56x45mm)
- XM177/E1/E2 ("SMG," 5.56x45mm)
- Colt Model 733 (5.56x45mm NATO) (USMC Force Recon)
- XM23 Carbine (Selective Fire Carbine, 5.56x45mm NATO)
- GUU-4/P ("Arm Gun," .221 Remington Fireball)
- CAR-15 SMG (CAR-15 w/ 10" barrel, 5.56 mm)
- CAR-15 Carbine (M16 w/ 15" barrel, 5.56x45mm)
- AR-7 (.22 LR)
- M1/M1A1 Carbine (Semi-Automatic Carbine, .30 Carbine)
- M2 Carbine (Full-Automatic Carbine, .30 Carbine)
- M3 Carbine (Scoped Full-Automatic Carbine, .30 Carbine)
- Thompson Light Rifle (Full-Automatic Carbine, .30 Carbine)
- M50 Reising
- T38/M4 (Survival Rifle; .22 Hornet)
- T39/M6 (Survival Rifle; .22 Hornet/.410 Gauge)
- MA-1 (AR-5 Survival Rifle; .22 Hornet)
- M1892/M1896/M1898/M1899 Carbine (a/k/a Krag Bolt Action Carbine; .30-40 Krag)
- M1873/M1877/M1879/M1884/M1886 Carbine (.45-70 Gov.: .45-55-405 & .45-70-500)
- Smith carbine (Breech-loader (break-open); .50-50-360)
- Burnside carbine (Breech-loader, .58-60-500)
- Starr Carbine (Breech-loader, .54)
- Springfield Model 1863 (Breech-barrel carbine, .52-cal.)
[edit] Experimental
[edit] Shotguns
[edit] In active service
- M500 (Pump-action 12 Gauge)
- M590 (Pump-action 12 Gauge)
- M590A1 (Pump-action 12 Gauge)
[edit] In active service (Some Branches or limited roles)
[edit] Out of Service
[edit] Experimental
[edit] Submachine guns
[edit] In active service (some branches or limited roles)
[edit] Out of service (obsolete)
[edit] In active service
[edit] Swords
Five U.S. Marine Corps privates with fixed bayonets under the command of their noncommissioned officer, who displays his M1859 Marine NCO sword.
[edit] In active service
[edit] Out of service
- Model 1832 Foot Artillery Sword
- Model 1840 Light Artillery Saber
- Model 1872 Mounted Artillery Officers' Saber
- Model 1840 Army Musicians' Sword
- Model 1812/13 Starr Cavalry Saber
- Model 1818 Starr Cavalry Saber
- Model 1833 Dragoon Saber
- Model 1840 Heavy Cavalry Saber
- Model 1860 Light Cavalry Saber
- Model 1872 Light Cavalry Saber
- Model 1906 Light Cavalry Saber
- Model 1913 "Patton" Cavalry Saber
- Model 1832 Army Foot Officers' Sword
- Model 1832 Army General & Staff Officers' Sword
- Model 1832 Army Medical Staff Officers' Sword
- Model 1839 Army Topographical Engineer Officers' Sword
- Model 1840 Army Foot Officers' Sword
- Model 1840 Army General & Staff Officers' Sword
- Model 1840 Army Medical Staff Officers' Sword
- Model 1840 Army Pay Department Officers' Sword
- Model 1840 Army Engineer Officers' Sword
- Model 1850 Army Foot Officers' Sword
- Model 1850 Army Staff & Field Officers' Sword
- Model 1872 Army Line & Staff Officers' Sword
- Model 1830 Navy Officers' Sword
- Model 1841 Navy Officers' Sword
- Model 1834 Revenue Cutter Service Officers' Sword
- Model 1870 Revenue Cutter Service Officers' Sword
- Model 1797 Starr Naval Cutlass
- Model 1808 Starr Naval Cutlass
- Mayweg & Nippes "Baltimore" Naval Cutlass, c. 1810
- Model 1816 Starr Naval Cutlass
- Model 1826 Starr Naval Cutlass
- Model 1841 Naval Cutlass
- Model 1861 Naval Cutlass
- Model 1917 Naval Cutlass
- Marine Noncommissioned Officers' Sword, c.1832–1859
- Marine Officers' Mameluke Sword, 1826–59
- West Point Cadets' Sword, Model 1872
- West Point Cadets' Sword, c. 1837
[edit] See also
[edit] References
- ^ "Titanium Knives, Military Survival Knives, Scuba Knives". Missionknives.com. Archived from the original on 2008-06-20. http://web.archive.org/web/20080620123306/http://www.missionknives.com/products/mpk.html. Retrieved 2008-09-08.
- ^ Bando, Mark (2001). 101st Airborne: The Screaming Eagles at Normandy. Zenith Imprint. p. 31. ISBN 9780760308554. http://books.google.com/?id=MdTVVK2J4CMC.
- ^ "LC-14-B Woodman's Pal". Military Tools with an Edge. Olive-Drab. http://www.olive-drab.com/od_edged_weapons_tools_lc14b.php. Retrieved 2009-02-10.
- ^ a b Nalty, Bernard C. (1999). War in the Pacific: Pearl Harbor to Tokyo Bay: the Story of the Bitter Struggle in the Pacific Theater of World War II, Featuring Commissioned Photographs of Artifacts from All the Major Combatants. University of Oklahoma Press. p. 136. ISBN 9780806131993. http://books.google.com/?id=Cd3fql_JoO4C.
- ^ "Machetes". Military Tools with an Edge. Olive-Drab. http://www.olive-drab.com/od_edged_weapons_tools_machete.php. Retrieved 2009-02-10.
- ^ "USMC Hospital Corpsman Knife". Military Tools with an Edge. Olive-Drab. http://www.olive-drab.com/od_edged_weapons_tools_usmc_hosp.php. Retrieved 2009-02-10.
- ^ Levine, Bernard (September 1993). "World War I Bolo". National Knife Magazine. http://pweb.netcom.com/~brlevine/bolo.txt.
- ^ "M-1909 Bolo Knife Basic Information". Bolo Knives. The Springfield Edge. http://springfieldedge.com/bolo_knife_m-1909.html. Retrieved 2009-02-09.
- ^ "M-1904 Hospital Corps Knife Basic Information". Hospital Corps Bolo Knives. The Springfield Edge. http://springfieldedge.com/hospital_kinfe_m-1887.html. Retrieved 2009-02-09.
- ^ "M-1887 Hospital Corps Knife Basic Information". Hospital Corps Bolo Knives. The Springfield Edge. http://springfieldedge.com/hospital_kinfe_m-1887.html. Retrieved 2009-02-09.
- ^ Mid-size Riot Control Disperser (MRCD), XM37
- ^ SOLICITATION/CONTRACT/ORDER FOR COMMERCIAL ITEMS
- ^ Canfield, Bruce N. American Rifleman (April 2009) p.40
- ^ Canfield, Bruce N. American Rifleman (July 2008) pp.51-73
- ^ Canfield, Bruce N. American Rifleman (April 2009) pp.56-76
- ^ US Air Force Material Command. Air Force Instruction 36-2226, Combat Arms Program, Supplement 1. Wright-Patterson AFB: US Air Force Material Command, 2004.
- ^ "MODEL 1860 NAVAL CUTLASS". Goatlocker.org. 2007. http://www.goatlocker.org/resources/cpo/history/cutlass.htm. Retrieved 28 December 2011.
- ^ Vice Admiral Mark Ferguson (January 2011). "R 252348Z JAN 11". Chief of Naval Operations. United States Navy. http://www.public.navy.mil/bupers-npc/reference/messages/Documents/NAVADMINS/NAV2011/NAV11025.txt. Retrieved 28 December 2011.
